Valentine

A male given name: from a Latin word meaning “strong.”.

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Valentine is a masculine given name derived from the Roman family name Valentinus, which was derived from the Latin word valens, which means "strong and healthy." Valentine was the name of several saints of the Roman Catholic Church. St. Valentine's Day was named for a third-century martyr. The usual feminine form of the name is Valentina.

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Mid-15c., "sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day," from Late Latin Valentinus, the name of two early Italian saints (from Latin valentia "strength, capacity;" see valence). Choosing a sweetheart on this day originated 14c. as a custom in English and French court circles. Meaning "letter or card sent to a sweetheart" first recorded 1824. The romantic association of the day is said to be from it being around the time when birds choose their mates. For this was on seynt Volantynys day Whan euery bryd cometh there to chese his make. [Chaucer, "Parlement of Foules," c. 1381] Probably the date was the informal first day of spring in whatever French region invented the custom (many surviving medieval calendars reckon the start of spring on the 7th or 22nd of February). No evidence connects it with the Roman Lupercalia (an 18c. theory) or to any romantic or avian quality in either of the saints. The custom of sending special cards or letters on this date flourished in England c. 1840-1870, declined around the turn of the 20th century, and revived 1920s. To speak of the particular Customs of the English Britons, I shall begin with Valentine's Day, Feb. 14. when young Men and Maidens get their several Names writ down upon Scrolls of Paper rolled up, and lay 'em asunder, the Men drawing the Maidens Names, and these the Mens; upon which, the Men salute their chosen Valentines and present them with Gloves, &c.; This Custom (which sometimes introduces a Match) is grounded upon the Instinct of Animals, which about this Time of the Year, feeling a new Heat by the approach of the Sun, begin to couple. ["The Present State of Great Britain and Ireland" London, 1723]

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Strong, vigourous, healthy.

Valentin, Vincent, Valentina, Valerie, Valeria

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Saint Valentine	0176	Roman saint
2	Gary Valentine	1961	American actor
3	Jill Valentine	1974	Fictional human
4	Denzel Valentine	1993	American basketball player
5	Greg Valentine	1951	Professional wrestler
6	Karen Valentine	1947	American actress
7	Steve Valentine	1966	Actor
8	Bobby Valentine	1950	American baseball player and manager
9	Stacy Valentine	1970	American pornographic actress & model
10	Anthony Valentine	1939	English actor
11	Kym Valentine	1977	Australian actress
12	Kathy Valentine	1959	American musician
13	Cat Valentine		Fictional character from the American sitcom Victorious
14	Valentine Holmes	1995	Australian rugby league player
15	Hilton Valentine	1943	British musician
16	Ivy Valentine
17	Sasha Valentine
18	Don Valentine	1932	American venture capitalist
19	Brooke Valentine	1984	American musician
20	Oliver Valentine		Fictional registrar cardiothoracic surgeon in BBC TV medical drama Holby City
21	Valentine Strasser	1967	Sierra Leonean politician
22	Justina Valentine	1987
23	Dickie Valentine	1929	British singer
24	Calvin Valentine
25	Valentine Dyall	1908	The black guardian
26	Phil Valentine	1959	American radio personality
27	Eric Valentine		American record producer
28	Sonny Valentine
29	Valentine Pelka	1956	British actor
30	Angelina Valentine	1986	American pornographic actress
31	Valentine Wiggin		Fictional character in the Ender’s Game series
32	Tim Valentine	1926	American politician
33	Valentine Fleming	1882	British politician
34	Valentine Warner	1972	English cook
35	Valentine Demy	1963	Italian mainstream and pornographic actress
36	Basil Valentine	1394	German alchemist of the 16th–17th century
37	Valentine McGillycuddy	1849	United States Indian agent
38	Esther Valentine
39	Valentine Catzéflis	1987	French actress
40	Valentine Oberti
41	Darnell Valentine	1959	American basketball player
42	J. valentine	1979	Singer, song writer, producer
43	Lauren Valentine
44	Brian Valentine	1959	American businessman
45	Valentine Varela		French actress
46	Danny Valentine
47	Ellis Valentine	1954	American baseball player
48	Kevin Valentine	1956	American drummer
49	Paul Valentine	1929	American actor
50	Valentine Davies	1905	Film director, screenwriter
51	Valentine Atlan	1990
52	Leo Valentine
53	Faye Valentine		Character from Cowboy Bebop
54	Genevieve Valentine	1981	American writer
55	Valentine Bambrick	1837	Recipient of the Victoria Cross
56	Valentine Cameron Prinsep	1838	British artist
57	Cindy Valentine	1975	Musician actress and composer
58	Elmer Valentine	1923	American businessman
59	Valentine Féau	1980	French actress
60	Valentine Hugo	1887	French painter, draftsman, and illustrator
61	Valentine Baker	1888	Served in all three of the British Armed Forces during the First World War
62	Helen Valentine	1893	Magazine editor
63	Alf Valentine	1930	West Indian cricketer
64	Carl Valentine	1958	Canadian soccer player
65	Shirin Valentine	1974
66	Valentine Ackland	1906	Poet
67	Valentine de Saint-Point	1875	Artist
68	Valentine Vivian	1886	British Indian army officer
69	Jo Valentine, Baroness Valentine	1958	British baroness
70	Valentine Hall	1867	US tennis player
71	DeWain Valentine	1936	American artist
72	Ryan Valentine	1982	Footballer
73	Jenny Valentine	1970	British children's novelist
74	Penny Valentine	1943	British music journalist
75	Lewis Valentine	1893	Welsh politician
76	Valentine Penrose	1898	French writer and artist (1898–1978)
77	Valentine Browne, 6th Earl of Kenmare	1891	Irish earl
78	Valentine Haussmann	1843
79	Valentine Telegdi	1922	American physicist
80	Jean Valentine	1934	American writer
81	Valentine Simmes
82	Valentine Moghadam	1952	American academic
83	Valentine Hollingsworth	1632	American settler
84	Zack Valentine	1957	American football player
85	James W. Valentine	1926	American evolutionary biologist
86	Craig Valentine
87	Valentine Adler	1898	Austrian writer and activist
88	Valentine Walton		English politician
89	Valentine Greatrakes	1628	Irish faith healer
90	Kid Thomas Valentine	1896	American jazz musician
91	Dave Valentine	1926	Scottish rugby union and rugby league player
92	Valentine Williams	1883	British journalist and fiction writer
93	Valentine Bargmann	1908	German physicist
94	Valentine Mott	1785	American surgeon
95	Mark Valentine	1959	English writer
96	Valentine Cunningham	1944	British academic
97	Valentine Chin		Jamaican musician
98	Robert Valentine	1671	Baroque and early Galante composer
99	Josh Valentine	1983	Australian rugby union footballer
100	Joe Valentine	1979	American baseball player
101	Lewis Joseph Valentine	1882	New York City Police Commissioner
102	Judy Valentine	1924	American singer-actor
103	Valentine Sevier	1747	American frontiersman
104	Gareth Valentine	1956	British composer
105	Valentine Quin, 1st Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl	1752	Irish politician
106	Jessie Valentine	1915	Amateur golfer
107	Valentine Lawless, 2nd Baron Cloncurry	1773	Irish politician
108	Alan Valentine	1901	American writer and rugby union player
109	John L. Valentine	1949	American politician
110	Valentine de Sainte-Aldegonde	1820	French duchess
111	Edward K. Valentine	1843	Union Army officer
112	Valentine Snow	1685	British trumpeter
113	Valentine Jepkorir Kipketer	1993	Kenyan female long-distance runner
114	Valentine Bartholomew	1799	English flower painter
115	Valentine Zuber	1965
116	Scott Valentine	1991	Canadian ice hockey defenceman
117	Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare	1825	British politician
118	Fred Valentine	1935	American baseball player
119	Victoria Valentine	1954	American writer
120	Harley Valentine	1983	Artist
121	Chris Valentine	1961	Canadian ice hockey player
122	Valentine Daniel	1947	Sri Lankan anthropologist
123	Howard Valentine	1881	Athletics competitor
124	Valentine Dale		Member of Parliament and ambassador from England
125	Valentine Green	1739	British engraver and print publisher (1739–1813)
126	Valentine Cary		English bishop
127	Valentine B. Horton	1802	American lawyer and politician
128	Scarlett Valentine
129	Alexander Valentine	1899	Transport Administrator
130	Joseph A. Valentine	1900	American cinematographer
131	Ann Valentine	1762	English composer and organist
132	Valentine Monnier		French actress
133	Subby Valentine		Australian comedian
134	Valentine Browne, 5th Earl of Kenmare	1860	Irish noble
135	Gill Valentine	1965	British geographer
136	Valentine S. McClatchy	1857	Editor of The Sacramento Bee
137	Valentine Marshall	1814	Convict transported to Australia
138	Edward Virginius Valentine	1838	American artist
139	Valentine Ball	1843	Irish scientist
140	Valentine Gunasekara	1931	Sri Lankan architect
141	Valentine Prax	1897	French painter
142	Valentine Abt	1873	American composer and mandolinist
143	Valentine Atem	1978	Cameroonian footballer
144	Alana Valentine		Australian playwright
145	Valentine Grant	1881	American actress
146	Valentine O'Hara	1875	Irish writer
147	Valentine Vox	1939	Ventriloquist
148	Rae Valentine		American actor
149	Tommy Valentine	1949	American professional golfer
150	Valentine Nonyela	1969	British actor
151	William Valentine	1862	American educator and Baptist missionary in the Philippines (1862–1928)
152	Valentine Remmel	1853	American politician
153	John K. Valentine	1904	American politician
154	Bryan Valentine	1908	Cricket player of England.
155	Valentine McEntee, 1st Baron McEntee	1871	British politician
156	Laura Valentine	1814	British writer
157	Grace Valentine	1884	American actress
158	Val Valentine	1895	British screenwriter (1895–1971)
159	Valentine Bialas	1903	American speed skater
160	Valentine Nelson	1987	Papua New Guinean footballer
161	Valentine Blacker	1778	British colonial administrator
162	Ronnie Valentine	1957	American basketball player
163	Valentine Morris	1727	West Indies merchant
164	Michelle Valentine		American writer
165	Valentine		Italien actress
166	Peter Valentine	1963	Professional footballer
167	Valentine Ozigbo	1970
168	Bill Valentine	1937	American architect
169	George Valentine	1852	Photographer
170	David H. Valentine	1912	British botanist
171	Vincent Valentine	1908	West Indian cricketer
172	Valentine Jackson Chapman	1910	Botanist, university professor, conservationist
173	Valentine Winkler	1864	Canadian politician
174	Valentine Tessier	1892	French actress
175	Valentine Efner	1776	American politician
176	Valentine Colasante	1989
177	Valentine Armitage	1888	British schoolmaster
178	Kiki Valentine		American comedian
179	Valentine Mason Johnson		American academic
180	Mary Valentine	1946	American politician
181	Valentine Nwabili	1987	Nigerian footballer
182	Albert Valentine	1907	Footballer
183	Shannon R. Valentine	1959	American politician
184	Valentine Lamb	1939
185	Valentine Knightley	1555	English landowner and Member of Parliament (died 1618)
186	Joan S. Valentine	1945	American biochemist
187	Valentine Dencausse	1871	French occultist
188	Lila Meade Valentine	1865	American suffragist
189	Barry Valentine	1927	Canadian bishop
190	Robby Valentine	1968	Dutch musician
191	Rob Valentine	1941	Scottish rugby union, and rugby league footballer, and coach
192	Valentine Ratz	1848	Canadian politician
193	Valentine Tsamma Seane	1966	Roman Catholic Bishop
194	Valentine Browne, 1st Earl of Kenmare	1754	Irish Earl
195	Harpy Valentine		Character from Saint Seiya
196	Emery Valentine	1858	American politician
197	Sydney Valentine
198	Valentine Stockdale	1981	British film producer
199	Valentine Crittall, 1st Baron Braintree	1884	British politician
200	Benjamin Valentine		English parliamentarian